Eisenhower: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together. …

… There is a sinister and underhanded, hidden and deceitful side to Washington’s diplomacy and the document we are about to reveal proves it. Who is in charge of the White House, President Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton and the arms and AIPAC lobbies? …

The Forty Years War: The Rise and Fall of the Neocons, from Nixon to Obama

Fritz Kraemer, an obscure Pentagon analyst, whose championing of a militarized, moralistic foreign policy allegedly inspired two generations of neoconservatives …. Born in Germany, he fought the Nazis and communists before emigrating to the USA ….

“Those that create and issue the money and credit, direct the policies of government and hold in their hands the destiny of the people.” ~ Richard McKenna, former president of the Midlands Bank of England

… “And they’re being paid all over again to sort through the mess because they’re the experts. That is an age-old trick on Wall Street, ’cause generally speaking, people who create disasters make a lotta money cleaning up the disaster because they’re the ones who know about the disaster,” …